RISING STAR DARREN Till secured a memorable victory in his hometown this evening, as he defeated two-time title challenger Stephen Thompson at UFC Liverpool, but the result wasn’t without controversy.
The 25-year-old headlined the event at Liverpool’s Echo Arena and after a tight five-round bout, was awarded the victory via unanimous decision, with Till winning the bout in the eyes of all three judges.
But to many observers, American Thompson landed the cleaner shots throughout a tactical and nervy fight, and was arguably hard done by, particularly when 22 of the 24 media members in attendance had scored the fight in his favour.
Fighting in front of a raucous home crowd, Till brashly said afterwards he would take ‘everyone’ next as the biggest win of a nascent career now catapults him into title contention.
“I played games, I know Stephen Thompson thinks I’m an aggressive fighter — and I am. But I’m also calm and collected,” Till, who remains unbeaten in his MMA career, said.
LIVERPOOL!
— UFC (@ufc) May 27, 2018
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UFC Liverpool results:
Main card
- Darren Till def. Stephen Thompson via unanimous decision
- Neil Magny def. Craig White via first-round TKO
- Arnold Allen def. Mads Burnell via submission
- Makwan Amirkhani def. Jason Knight via split decision
- Claudio Silva def. Nordine Taleb via submission
- Darren Stewart def. Eric Spicely via first-round KO
Undercard
- Tom Breese def. Dan Kelly via first-round TKO
- Lina Lansberg def. Gina Mazany via unanimous decision
- Carlo Pedersoli Jr. def. Brad Scott via split decision
- Gillian Robertson def. Molly McCann via submission
- Elias Theodorou def. Trevor Smith via unanimous decision
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